I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for the most part, we manage not to see it.
New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.
Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.
Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things.
More and more people are seeing the films on computers - lousy sound, lousy picture - and they think they've seen the film, but they really haven't.
It doesn't do any good to say, 'This is what it means.' When you are spoon fed a film, people instantly know what it is. I like films that leave room to dream.
A filmmaker doesn't have to suffer to show suffering. You just have to understand it. You don't have to die to shoot a death scene.
You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.
I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing...
Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.
I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You've got to plug this painting in, and it's got a rig in the back, so that each one can be replaced if it burns out.
Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound.
I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like him. He's unique, and just... way out cool.
People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get these ideas that I truly fall in love with. And a good movie idea is often like a g...
If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there...
Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen.
A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.
Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshe...
Transcendental meditation is an ancient mental technique that allows any human being to dive within, transcend and experience the source of everything. It's such a blessing for the human being because...
I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.